Chamarajanagar district

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Chamarajanagar District
Chamarajanagara
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Nickname: 
Silk City
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Location in Karnataka
Coordinates: 11°55′34″N76°56′25″E / 11.9260°N 76.9402°E / 11.9260; 76.9402
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
Headquarters Chamarajanagar
Taluks Kollegal, Yelandur, Gundlupet, Chamarajanagar, Hanur
Government
  Deputy CommissionerShilpa Nag
(IAS)
Area
  Total5,101 km2 (1,970 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total1,020,791
  Density200/km2 (500/sq mi)
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
571 313
Telephone code08226
ISO 3166 code IN-KA
Vehicle registration
Website chamrajnagar.nic.in
Temple chariot at M.M.Hills M.M.Hills, Kollegal.jpg
Temple chariot at M.M.Hills

Chamarajanagar or Chamarajanagara is the southernmost district in the state of Karnataka, India. It was carved out of the original larger Mysore District in 1998. Chamarajanagar town is the headquarters of this district. [1]

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It is the third least populous district in Karnataka (out of 30), after Kodagu and Bangalore Rural. [2]

History

Chamarajanagar was earlier known as Sri Arikottara.[ citation needed ] Chamaraja Wodeyar, the Wodeyar of Mysuru was born here and hence this place was renamed after him. The Vijaya Parsvanath Basadi, a holy Jain shrine was constructed by Punisadandanayaka, the commander of the Hoysala king Gangaraja in the year 1117 AD.

Geography

Being the southernmost district of Karnataka, Chamarajanagar district borders the state of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Specifically, it borders Mysore district of Karnataka to the west and north, Mandya and Ramanagara districts of Karnataka to the north-east, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts of Tamil Nadu to the east, Salem to south-east, Erode districts and Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu to the south, and to the extreme south-west, there is a very small border with Wayanad district of Kerala.

Most of the district lies in the leeward region of the Nilgiris and consists of mainly semi-arid rain-dependent flatlands along with forested hills.

Economy

The Karnataka state government has started a Rs.400 crore project on 1`,595 acres of land called Badanaguppe-Kellamballi Industrial Estate which will include sectors like automobile, food processing, textiles, leather, granite and agriculture related industries.

Many industries have set up base in the Badanaguppe-Kellamballi KIADB industrial estate. Notable ones are the KCM Appliances, Aditya Birla-Grasim Paint Plant, Kaynes Technology, Colortone Textiles among others.

Roads

Three national highways of India pass through Chamarajanagara district namely NH-766, NH-181, and NH-948. Some state highways of Karnataka pass through this district.

National Highway 948 ( previously NH 209), which starts from Bengaluru in Karnataka state and ends at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, passes through the following places namely Kanakapura, Malavalli, Kollegal, Chamarajanagar, Punajanur and enters Tamil Nadu. It further goes to Hasanur, Dhimbam ghat, Thalamalai, Bannari, Satyamangalam, Puliampatti, Annur ends at Coimbatore. Few KSRTC buses run on NH 948. There are many roads from Chamarajanagara district to neighbouring Tamil Nnadu state. One road connects Kollegal to Hasanur via Dhondenling and Germalam. There is a Buddhist monastery at Dhondeling. Another road connects Kollegala to Anthiyur via Hanur, Ramapura, Burgur and Moongilpalya. The road from Kollegala to Mettur goes through Hanur Kowdalli( Cowdalli), Male Mahadeshwara Betta (MM Hills), Palar, Govindapadi, Kaveripuram and Kolathur. The above-mentioned three roads pass through forest teeming with wild animals, including elephants, Indian Bison, leopards and tigers. These roads are isolated and narrow at many stretches without any human habitation or cellular phone signals.

National Highway 181 connects Gundlupete town of Chamarajanagara district with Ooty via Bandipura and Gudalur. National Highway 766 connects Gundlupete with Kalpetta via Mulehole and Sulthan Bathery. The national highways 181 and 766 are closed for private vehicles at night in stretch between Gundlupete and neighbouring states.. Only state government buses are allowed at night in these section of highway.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901334,676    
1911344,414+0.29%
1921328,501−0.47%
1931352,485+0.71%
1941390,337+1.03%
1951449,448+1.42%
1961533,759+1.73%
1971616,502+1.45%
1981768,198+2.22%
1991883,365+1.41%
2001965,462+0.89%
20111,020,791+0.56%
source: [3]
Religions in Chamarajanagar district (2011) [4]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
92.29%
Islam
4.62%
Christianity
2.17%
Buddhism
0.48%
Other or not stated
0.44%

According to the 2011 census Chamarajanagar district has a population of 1,020,791, [2] roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus [5] or the US state of Montana. [6] This gives it a ranking of 441st in India (out of a total of 640). [2] The district has a population density of 200 inhabitants per square kilometre (520/sq mi) . [2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 5.75%. [2] Chamarajanagar has a sex ratio of 989 females for every 1000 males, [2] and a literacy rate of 61.43%. 17.14% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 25.42% and 11.78% of the population respectively. [7]

The district has a high percentage of Scheduled Castes, with a population of 259,000, making up a quarter of the district's population. Having a large percentage of forest cover the district also has a high population of tribals, mostly the Nayakas but also forest tribes like the Soligas, Yeravas, Jenu Kurubas and Betta Kurubas. These tribals have their own languages and their total population is around 120,000, and make up 12% of the district population. [8] Other communities include Lingayats, Muslims and Vokkaligas. [9]

Languages of Chamarajanagar district (2011) [10]

   Kannada (86.11%)
   Tamil (4.58%)
   Urdu (4.42%)
   Telugu (3.29%)
  Others (1.60%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 86.10% of the population spoke Kannada, 4.58% Tamil, 4.42% Urdu and 3.29% Telugu as their first language. [10]

Crime

Since much of the southern area of the district is dense forest, it provided good refuge to the notorious bandit Veerappan, responsible for the death of over a hundred policemen in both states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. He was shot dead in an encounter with the specially formed Special Task Force (STF) on 18 October 2004, in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu. He had been on the run for over two decades. The presence of illegal quarrying for black stone imposes a great threat to the forests in the region.

Tourist attractions

The main tourist attractions are Sri Chamarajeshwara temple in Chamarajanagar, Biligiriranga Hills, K Gudi, Male Mahadeshwara Hills, Gundal dam, Suvarnavati Dam, Hogenakal Falls, Shivasamudram, Bandipur National Park, and Gopalaswamy Hills in Gundlupet.

Villages

Notable people

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Soliga, also spelled Solega, Sholaga and Shōlaga, is an ethnic group of India. Its members inhabit the mountain ranges mostly in the Chamarajanagar district of southern Karnataka and Erode district of Tamil Nadu. Many are concentrated in the Biligiriranga Hills and associated ranges, mainly in the talukas Yelandur, Kollegal and Chamarajanagar of Karnataka. The Soliga speak Sholaga, which belongs to the Dravidian family. Under Indian law, they are recognized as a scheduled tribe, they have a population of around 40,000.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mariyala Gangavadi railway station</span> Railway station in Karnataka, India

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